Aguas Termales del Volcano Lodge

The Aguas Termales del Volcano Lodge are set in La Fortuna, in Costa Rica's Alajuela canton, at the foot of Arenal Volcano — one of Central America's most active cones. La Fortuna is the heartland of Costa Rican ecotourism, and the Volcano Lodge is one of the area's landmarks, positioning its outdoor thermal pools to face Arenal's dramatic silhouette directly.

The thermal water flows at a neutral pH of 7.3, filling pools that take on much of their magic from the setting itself. Evenings at these baths — torch-lit pools, the cone of Arenal looming in the dark, howler monkeys in the surrounding rainforest canopy — embody the quintessential Costa Rican thermal experience: geothermal energy harnessed in a landscape of extraordinary ecological richness, within sight of one of the hemisphere's most recognisable volcanoes.